Garment construction



Aug. 3, 1643.

R. HI RSCHFELD GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Original Filed June 18, 1942 INVENTQR ,7, Ru lolf Hammad BY. M

A ORNEY 'especially Reissued Aug. 3, 194s GA MENT CONSTRUCTION f I RudolfHirschfeld, New York, p A Original-No. 2,309,955, dated February 2, 1943, s i" i- SeriallNo. 447,509, June 18 1942.: Application for reissue April 13 1943, Serial No. 482,948;

I Mypresent invention relates grirtnym gar;

ments, and to certain improv'ements.:in.- a

tary woman's..outer garment such as a'dress v1n -azwoman?s garmentinyjwhichthere"isela relatively narrow waistband portion,xit1-is I'customary to-provide 'a, slit or placket openingyin ,the'waistband region; usually. atothe side, to'facile itate the ge of the garment over the bust or'vhips oLthe wearer-when the garment'is -put on or taken off.. .A conventionalconstrucin'on utilizes buttons or similar .elem'en'tsor a slide fastener, for the purpose of closing the. placket opening, after the garment has been put on. A general object of the. present invention is :to

provide an improved arrangement of parts in which a -placket opening allows. the waistband portion to expand as the garment .is 'put on or taken off, but in which'there' is no necessity: at

any'timefor any slide fasteneror other instru-:

mentality for. mutually' 'securing theopposed edges of the placket opening along the full extent of the opening, although a slide'faste'ner or other means for securing the edges'ofthe open ing together throughout more or less their whole lengths may be usedifi'desire'd. accordance with my invention, I:provide* apermanent but expanslble interior seal. for.-the placket opening inthe-form of'a specially; constructed pocket. With this and-otherobiects inc.view,it;.-i s'a f particular creature ofthe present invention; to provide, a pocket whosemouth-is permanently secured to the opposed edges of the 'pla'cke'tnopem ing, whose lower edge lies. substantial-lybelnw'th'e .lower end of the placketropening-and whose inneredge may converge, upwardly withrespect to the side of the garment and-merge with-the letter atapoint above the relatively narrow a waistband portionwof' the garment. The two j walls 1 of. the :pocket thus define fan expansible interiorpleat.whichperrmatnently;seals-the olackret but which nevertheless 1 allows the: waistband rportio'n of thegarment to expand when necesnary.

able-to provide some sort of means for'separabl'y Y connectingat' l ast' some-portions of the opposed edges 'of the placket opening alter the garment a e P11111011} q im n fmeans' may I. take theiorm' of oneo'r more. buttons' lequiva- .lent fasteners but their functioni is' not ,mseai the placket opening; and in 'fact'these fasteners re rab 1 ar ed L s ch. m ner. t Esc s #0 the ack m be i a ned. at a l Undercertaln circumstances it may be'desir times through the lower pal; o f the placket' openl E: I a In; a: preferred construction, the garment includesvfront and back; sections which are-joined together along: aside. 'seam, and the placket opening arranged in alignment with theseam at the waistband regionfthe garmenti; Preferably, the pocket; COl'lSi StSQOf ,front and rear 7 walls-the edges-of which are stitched together 10 everywhere exceptat ar -part of,- its outer edge where an opening is leftto-provide the mouthv of; the pocket and the inner'edgeconverges upwa d y'.: n a s a aLm n r etqw rd t -s seam, merging wi-th the latter at, a point above the waistband portion-a short distance-below the armhole, I

I achieve the foregoing objects and-such other objects as may hereinafter appear or bepointed out, in the manner illustratively exemplified in the accompanyingdrawing,=-wherein- V .iFigure -1,is ,& perspective view of a garment o the present character as ,it, appears from-the front-Wheniworn;;-, r

V Figure 2 is a view similar to-l igurel showing the waistband, portion in the expanded conditionit may-assume whenjhegarm ent is to be putron ortakeneofip. :e-

.v i t Figure 3 is an enlarged interiorview of the present especial pocket construction; and,

y Figure 4 ,is; an enlargedcross-sectional view -taken substantially along ztheline' 4-4- vof. Fig.- l u; e 1 1" v 7., p i.

"chosen to illustratezis a womanfs dress of -unitary character, ,having a V ski-rt portion ill and-,anupper portion permanently secured. 10 h each other. 1 It-will-- be noticed that the waistband ,portion i2 is. substantially narrower than thebust and hip portions}; It; is

' this general typeof=:.-unitary outer garment :for

kwhichi my; present -invention is intended.

;the illustrated garment, -'-,-the construction involves front andback sections --,-i 6 and; i8 joined bY-aside seam I? thisseam extending generally all t e; .way from thelbottomof theiskirt to ;the

armhole, .7 we: V

the waistband region of the garment at the e. jp a a ke o en n Aw l' h, as is customary; ;-and-; necessary, extends both above eand'below thewaistor narrowest .part I? of the garment: Wherethe garment;has a side seam ,li, this plagketjopeningis arranged, in alignment with or as .an interruption in this seam.

.;- The rear-edge of theplacketopening is-defined by the forward edge}, region $5; or fthe rear sec- Figure 4 is draw front edge of easementput on or" front edge of the placket opening is defined by the end'edge portion l1 otthe front section It of the garment 'Ityis to be understood that non an enlarged and exaggerated scale. a I V In' accordance with my invention, a special pocket element is associated with the garment for De Ba e a at...

, outer edge of the pocket. Tms outeif-F asranged insubstantial alignment et opening, and the'twoedges oft e mou in are" secured respectively to the, placket opening Thatv is' tbffsayptha auto;

edge portion -22 of'the r'earpoi'fiit"W531 iI iaf stitched to the rear placketedge I5; as illustrateg by the stitiches at vghile the outer edge portion 20 omn "mtpoekeswanr is s some;

the placket opening." The attach- 9 nafis as 'lndieated' in thwaridus held' toseth eiibw jro'iyi oks'titching 38i) p a e se mww, i -m:

With-the plachafopening the placket access throughthis oiiefiiag cm I unee siee 1 of wine egaisnne this; reason, there no v necessity i'es aiiy slide -iastenerfoi' otherfmeans for sealins' placket oaming expediti g wherfi he 'g'arnie'ntis fpulled over.

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and is permitted to take place by vil tuebb mam; ermafpeaaawas n sea in; "I'hese 4 .peake h sentence-plan wmes imparts i-aizh' "L te waistband portionygheney It win beesaaatmm ge (lathe wande er-m en entJWh i T E M includes a sideseam sli ht y pocket is ima ed .npwardlytoirard w s s p i. fl d lfiififii Y imposed front and rear walls: Hand 20. "Ifhe edges-of these two wallsare-stitchedtogether asat 21, everywhere exceptat the mouth in the piiimyint olves an inte'mnyrs dsmiiienai beme permanently by means of aiastener such as the button 28.

This button is preferably carried by the rear I fastening means, is preferably positioned a sufii- I 95 %diii ms abo he-lcweeendgqi t e p acket mai s when? a ess to h PP BEZ indi- 10 cated in Figure 1. 'Additional buttons or fasif desired, alongthe upper portion of the placket if the'parts are properly designed a dltional fasteners except possibly for orna- Wtflbumoaus; eaHiGsBQtentNo. 2,075,395 I showed how-a pocket could beassociated with a pair. 1 qt or trousers to permit expansion of a 'relat vely'narrcw-waistband-as'the slacks were pumezunwsmye mam hips. P "In such. a 'waist- 1 hish pennant, *howm it' isi messam :to. make samepsouision forfipmporw supporting the inner meatless} as 'high theigarmentsaslthe i I 5 innerie'daeiof-thn to iextendiohlmuelzy npdpening'gaye accesstp the underside of ment. i relativelynarrqw a stband the garment i's"capabie eiward and to convaaaetomndxandginerge with the a seam 051 the 1 allow; the waistband segiomdntlne names adequate maybe; proviaedwonwdtgieb or. both herein qescrihedxapd illustrated'mayrbe skiliedsia the: artzzwithout di p nting iron. tha spirit; of the: present invention as apbenaemelaims 1. inventiong'andilhsr flwbztimterskatentziszsmt on v wwsanmhemvme awaist por or" V edge; at iwhioh substan- .diffx iquii ns vits I g we e I In :garinnt-hawng teners, similar to the button 28, maybe provided bled, there is no necessity for such slaohs.- I ma ifulliength unitary mum tendency foaitbmpockot to fioid oatwrinkbe 1 m'genesariitail-wasta e I -miasiw,-what:llaimhsned-and: desire-to aonnwmeemm "that smth'ehm pomns,

b o oi the mouth of are 1 iuauetbebmmrienaersam placket 1 p he. anmvwhtchmmendwupwdha at masses. far as, substantiallmthe top ofsaid placket opaqi ames; 49? v are. eg leuk cyte; time; pn nso r 1:; r emu l 1i; narrower than xthe 22,860 7 hip portions, a placket opening in the waistband region and at the side of the garment, and a seal for said opening comprising a pocket whose outer edges are permanently secured respectively to the opposed edges of said'opening, whose bottom.

edge lies substantially below the lower end of said placket opening, and whose inner edge con- I verges upwardly with respect to the side of the garment and merges with the latter at a point I above the waistband portion of the garment, said waistband portion narrower than the bust andv hip portions, front and back sections connected a 3 by a side seam, a placket opening in the waistband region and in alignment with said seam,

and a seal for said opening comprising a pocket whose outer edgesare permanently secured respectively to the opposed edges of said opening. whose bottom edge lies substantially below the lower end of said placket opening, and whose inner edge converges'upwardly with respect to said side seam and merges with the latter at a point above the waistband portion of the garment, said pocket thus defining an expansible tapering interior pleat which permanently seals said placket opening but which nevertheless a1- lows the waistband portion to expand during the passage of the garment over the bust or hips of the wearer when the garment is put on or taken off.

RUDOLF nmscmm. 

